New choices -
3700+ San Diego
Epox 9NPA+ ultra
Ballistix 2x512 PC3200 2-2-2-6
XFX Nvidia 7800 GT
[OLD]XFX 7800GT 256MB DDR3 Dual DVI VIVO PCI-E £238.27 +VAT
AMD Athlon 64 (San Diego) 3700 CPU Skt 939 Retail £158.70 + VAT
Asus A8N SLI S939 Nvnf4sli £74.44 + VAT
Corsair (TWINX1024-3200C2PT) 2 x 512MB Matched Pair PC3200 £73.74+VAT
Total: £645.73 Inc. sales tax & shipping[/OLD]
To upgrade system in sig. Mostly wondering about the choice of mobo & ram, neither of which I'm very clued up on atm:
- I'd prefer passive northbridge cooling and put some value on a good layout. DFI would be more expensive while i'd lose SLI option (unlikely to be used, but anyway).
- That Corsair was the cheapest RAM I'd consider, I want half decent timings and a modest FSB overclock. I seriously considered Ocz EL Gold PC3200 2-2-2-5 but at £130 the same extra could get me a 7800GTX. Ballistix and XMS3200C2PRO are about £105, fwiw, seriously tempting if i thought 2-2-2-7 @ 220mhz would be probable, without excessive voltage.
Mostly interested in gaming, though DVDShrink and so on a consideration. Probably will only moderately overclock at first - i dont like overvolting heavily - probably ramp it up when I'm thinking about upgrading again
3700+ San Diego
Epox 9NPA+ ultra
Ballistix 2x512 PC3200 2-2-2-6
XFX Nvidia 7800 GT
[OLD]XFX 7800GT 256MB DDR3 Dual DVI VIVO PCI-E £238.27 +VAT
AMD Athlon 64 (San Diego) 3700 CPU Skt 939 Retail £158.70 + VAT
Asus A8N SLI S939 Nvnf4sli £74.44 + VAT
Corsair (TWINX1024-3200C2PT) 2 x 512MB Matched Pair PC3200 £73.74+VAT
Total: £645.73 Inc. sales tax & shipping[/OLD]
To upgrade system in sig. Mostly wondering about the choice of mobo & ram, neither of which I'm very clued up on atm:
- I'd prefer passive northbridge cooling and put some value on a good layout. DFI would be more expensive while i'd lose SLI option (unlikely to be used, but anyway).
- That Corsair was the cheapest RAM I'd consider, I want half decent timings and a modest FSB overclock. I seriously considered Ocz EL Gold PC3200 2-2-2-5 but at £130 the same extra could get me a 7800GTX. Ballistix and XMS3200C2PRO are about £105, fwiw, seriously tempting if i thought 2-2-2-7 @ 220mhz would be probable, without excessive voltage.
Mostly interested in gaming, though DVDShrink and so on a consideration. Probably will only moderately overclock at first - i dont like overvolting heavily - probably ramp it up when I'm thinking about upgrading again